Read the Cultural Other: Forms of Otherness in the Discourses of Hong Kong's Decolonization

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2005

Read the Cultural Other

Forms of Otherness in the Discourses of Hong Kong's Decolonization

Edited by: Shi-xu , Manfred Kienpointner and Jan Servaes

Volume 14 in the series Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110199789

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About this book

Read the Cultural Other contains studies on non-Western discourse. It has two principal aims. Firstly, it argues that the study of non-Western, non-White, and Third-World discourses should become a legitimate, necessary, and routine part of international discourse scholarship. Hitherto, non-Western, non-White, and Third-Word discourses have been relegated and marginalized to a 'local', 'particular', or 'other' place in (or, one might argue, outside) the mainstream. To reclaim their place, the book deconstructs the rhetoric of universalism and the continued preoccupation with Western discourse in the profession, and stresses the cultural nature of discourse, both ordinary and disciplinary, as it outlines a culturally pluralist vision.

Secondly, in order to take the multicultural view seriously, it explores the complexity, diversity, and forms of otherness of non-Western discourse by examining the case of China and Hong Kong's discourses of the decolonization of the latter. Far too often, non-Western discourse has been stereotyped as externally discrete, internally homogeneous, and formally containable within a 'universal', 'general', or 'integrated' model. The present work focuses on China and Hong Kong's discourses, which have been marginalized by their Western counterparts. Through culturally eclectic linguistic analysis and local cultural analysis, it identifies and highlights the specific ways of speaking of China and Hong Kong - their concepts, concerns, aspirations, resistance, verbal strategies, etc. - with respect to similar or different issues.

The culturally pluralist view and analytical practice proffered here call for a radical cultural change in international scholarship on language, communication, and discourse.

Author / Editor information

Shi-xu is Professor at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Manfred Kienpointner is Professor at the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria.

Jan Servaes is Professor at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Reviews

"This is an inspiriting and inspirited collection of papers. [...] And in moving beyond the materiality of description, Read the Cultural Others manages to situate the theorizing of discourse studies at the very heart of the "human condition." Bravo!"
Leo Francis Hoye in: Intercultural Pragmatics 3/2006

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	DI
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Part 1. Paradigmatic reorientation
Chapter 1. The study of non-Western discourse Shi-xu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 2. Communication theory and the Western bias Denis McQuail Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 3. Towards multiculturalism in discourse studies Shi-xu and Robert Maier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Chapter 4. Beyond differences in cultural values and modes of communication Jan Servaes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Part 2. The discursive dominance of the West
Chapter 5. Reporting the Hong Kong transition: A comparative analysis of news coverage in Europe and Asia Jan Servaes and Sankaran Ramanathan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Chapter 6. The contest over Hong Kong: Revealing the power practices of the Western media Shi-xu and Manfred Kienpointner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Chapter 7. Hong Kong’s press freedom: A comparative sociology of Western and Hong Kong’s views Junhao Hong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Part 3. Complexity, diversity and Otherness of non-Western discourse
Chapter 8. Unfamiliar voices from the Other: Exploring forms of Otherness in the media discourses of China and Hong Kong Shi-xu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Chapter 9. Media and metaphor: Exploring the rhetoric in China’s and Hong Kong’s public discourses on Hong Kong and China Lee Cher-Leng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Chapter 10. Voices of missing identity: A study of contemporary Hong Kong literary writings Kwok-kan Tam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Chapter 11. Identity and interactive hypermedia: A discourse analysis of web diaries Hong Cheng and Guofang Wan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Chapter 12. Narrating Hong Kong history: A critical study of mainland China’s historical discourse from a Hong Kong perspective Lawrence Wang-chi Wong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Chapter 13. A nascent paradigm for non-Western discourse studies: An epilogue Narcisa Paredes-Canilao Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Teachers, Researchers, and Graduate Students in Discourse, Communication, and Media Studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 244
Keywords: Hong Kong /society; social sciences; discourse analysis

eBook

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Hardcover

Published: August 17, 2005
ISBN: 9783110182675

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Published: January 19, 2006
ISBN: 9783110182682